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Poptek is excited to release the lush new pop record from My Science Fiction Twin. The songcraft of Kansas City’s Jonathon Smith is flushed out by co-producer Chad Thomas Johnston and many more of Smith’s friends and even family. The 11 songs of “A Slow Unlearning” release Friday May 28, with the first single “Astir and Apart” hitting streamers on April 24. We can’t wait for everyone to hear these hits.
So Alex Scaglia has been working on a new Golden Orra album for a couple of years. Poptek has heard it. Joey Joseph has mixed it at least once at the Eyebrow Palace in Cincinnati. We are really excited for everyone to hear the songs. But then last week Golden Orra dropped a completely different set of four songs as the cleverly titled EP “©2025. Golden Orra. Poptek Records. All rights reserved.” It’s awesome and it’s on BandCamp now as well as streaming on our Listen page. You can dance to it now and expect more whenever Scaglia next decides to surprise us.
Poptek is finally going hard! We’ve been fans for a while and have shared shows many times with the mathy, dissonant, emo, post-punk band, Place Position. Josh has been longtime friends with Okay Lindon and XL427, previously running Loft Co Records in Middletown, Ohio. Chip also plays in The 1984 Draft. So we are joining Bunker Park, Blind Rage Records, and Sweet Cheetah Records to release the Dayton trio’s new full-length album, “Went Silent”. You can pre-order the 12” vinyl or digital album now at the band’s BandCamp. There you can also hear two of the songs way before the album releases on January 23 in 2026. Place Position is chaos but so beautiful and so melodic.
On Friday December 5, from Poptek and Sweet Cheetah Records, a new split single of covers arrives from New York artist Will Romeo and Dayton band The 1984 Draft. The Draft have recorded their lush take on Jawbreaker’s “Jet Black”. Romeo offers up a beautiful rendition of Sponge’s “Plowed”. The two songs are available as a limited lathe cut 7” with artwork from Nick Hamby from The Raging Nathans and Houseghost. The songs are streaming now everywhere. Order the lathe cut from Sweet Cheetah Records and the Poptek Shop.
We have new music from our favorite darkwave trio out of Nashville, Tennessee. Palm Ghosts’s new full-length, “Content Providers”, is out now on 12” vinyl and digital from a combination of Poptek Records, Sweet Cheetah Records and our new partner Steadfast Records. The singles and videos for “Last Of The Holdouts” (at Ghettoblaster Magazine) and “Paul’s Last Epistle” (at The Fire Note) and “Content Provider” (at White Light White Heat) are available now. You can order the vinyl from Steadfast Records and from Palm Ghosts’s BandCamp. The album hits streamers and digital stores on Friday October 24, 2025. “Content Providers” is beautiful and exactly what we expect from Joseph, Ben and Walt.
Lost Friend has a new EP and a video out now. The video for the first single, “Next year, Saint Peter” has been kindly premiered by The Fire Note. The video was created by Palm Ghosts guitarist Benjamin Douglas, the song was written By Christopher Palassis, played and recorded by Palassis and Andy Ingram, and then mixed and mastered by Tim Pritchard at Big Horned Audio. The full six-song EP, “The Promises You Don’t Keep”, is available now from BandCamp and streaming from Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube, and everywhere else.
We are brokenhearted to share that our beautiful Irene Queen passed away May 7, 2025 after multiple years battling cancer. Irene was a frequent vocalist with Lost Friend, Second Best, and L'Albatros. She was an amazing sister, friend, and band mate with a perfect voice, even if she didn't think so. While Lost Friend has new music already scheduled to release that Irene did not have the energy to be part of, all money raised will be donated to cancer research. Irene was a joy to know and sing with and it's devastating to lose her so young.
Kris N. has a new six-song EP coming in January of 2025. Are you ready for the title? “Disassociating During A Genocide While Selling My Labor To A Corporation So I Can Have Food And Shelter Until The Robots Take Over (Taylor’s Version)”. The title says it all but imagine Kris’s whimsy and clever lyrics and tunes with a bit more cynicism than usual. The first single is “Evil Men Are Mortal And That Makes Me Hopeful” and you can find that on BandCamp and streamers everywhere on Friday January 17. Then the full EP hits BandCamp on Monday January 20 and streamers and digital stores on Friday January 31.
Darkwave Nashville trio Palm Ghosts have released their impressive new full-length album “Façades”. Get the CD or digital album from BandCamp or Poptek, stream it from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, Deezer, and you can watch the accompanying videos created by their guitarist Benjamin Douglas on YouTube. Poptek and Sweet Cheetah Records are proud to be releasing this album and we can tell you each of the 20 songs are memorable. “Façades” is no false front, it is just a great album.
Gigi Palassis is releasing a beautifully melancholy batch of songs for Lost Friend, this time accompanied by the wonderful voice of his sister, Irene Queen. “Echo Lane” is two brand new songs written and recorded in October as a reprieve as Irene is in a terrible fight with cancer. The other three songs are re-worked or re-mixed songs featuring the brother-sister duo that were never properly released after the band L’Albatros dissolved. You can stream and even download the new album here at Poptek now before it releases to the major streamers on December 20. Irene’s voice is amazing and we want everyone to hear her and support her in her struggle against cancer.
Steadfast Records and Sweet Cheetah Records are releasing a new, split single with Chris Broach (Braid) and Palm Ghosts. The two-song digital release hits streamers August 9, 2024 and you can pre-order now at Steadfast Record’s BandCamp. We have heard the tunes and they are good1
Poptek has joined Sweet Cheetah Records to release a cassette of emo elders Broken Hearts Are Blue's re-mastered debut "The Truth About Love". While originally based in Michigan when in 1997 the band debuted amongst the second wave of emo along with Braid, The Promise Ring, and Mineral, the band got back together for new music in 2018. The re-mastered cassette is available for now from the Poptek Shop. The songs were re-mastered in December 2023 by Matt Lynch at Mysterious Mammal Recording from the original Caulfield Records digital audio tape.
Big news! The 1984 Draft, Chris Broach (of Braid), Sweet Cheetah Records, and Poptek have all teamed up to release a new two-song split single. A new song each from Broach and The 1984 Draft is out now and streaming everywhere. You can order a limited lathe cut 7” now of Broach’s “Blood Thicker Than Honey” b/w The Draft’s “Holiday Inn”. Both songs are wonderful and can be heard exclusively on this split single.
The self-titled debut from The Harvest Melody, a folk duo from All Hallowed’s Ricky Terrell and newcomer Jennifer Yerganian, is out now and streaming everywhere. The duo have made an EP of eerie, minor-key takes on folk and jazz classics from Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Sinatra, and Nat King Cole. You can now see the video for their first single, their take on the Towns Van Zandt song, “I’ll Be Here in the Morning”.
Surprise! Kris N. has released a new 6-song EP today that is vintage Kris N. lo-fi. Kris had this disclaimer to share with everyone, “These are songs I wrote during the pandemic and they’re total bummers and if you are in a good headspace you should just skip it.” That is sweet but we know that if you need that disclaimer then you are not fans of Poptek.
You can get “imtakingyourpictureimwritingyoudown” from BandCamp, or stream it where you wish, stream it from us, or pick it up from the Poptek Shop.
The Big Takeover is premiering the new video and latest single from the upcoming Palm Ghosts full-length album. You can hear and see "Tilt" now before the full "I Love You, Burn In Hell" releases on November 10. The vinyl is still available for pre-order in the Poptek Shop. Actually, who are we kidding? It's shipping now.
Idioteq is premiering the second new single from Palm Ghosts' upcoming full-length, "I Love You, Burn In Hell". "Automatic for the Modern Age" is the new song that you can hear a day before it releases everywhere, courtesy of Idioteq.
Don't forget to pre-order your copy of the vinyl in the Poptek Shop.
This Friday the 13th of October, you can now hear our spooky fuzz punk trio All Hallowed take on the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds classic “Red Right Hand”. Stream it from Spotify, Apple Music /iTunes , Tidal, Deezer, Amazon, Mixcloud, Pandora, and many others.
Palm Ghosts reside in Nashville but have a sound more in line with Northen England. “I Love You, Burn In Hell” is the first single and the title track from their upcoming full-length. Hear it now at White Light/ White Heat. Then pre-order the 11-song record from the Poptek Shop.
Right now you can get a first listen of the next Okay Lindon single courtesy of New Noise Magazine before "Temporary Blindness" hits the streamers on Friday September 29. The full “Passion Pain” EP releases on October 20.
https://newnoisemagazine.com/premieres/track-premiere-okay-lindon-temporary-blindness/